Windows of time
acrylic on stretched canvas
How a painting began
I wake up….’bout 4am……...feelings so overwhelming, tossin, turnin, visions that don’t go away……..trying to sort the feelings, almost impossible…some so different from the next…..so i list them in my mind, then i write em down, while listening to music……..Lonnie Liston Smith as a matter of fact….from the Expand ur mind album……......
confusion
disgust
sick
pain
tired
overwhelmed
panic
anxiety
anxious
angry, very ANGRY
sad, very sad
laugh
cry
isolated
lonely
unable
unaddressed
damn my hair’s a mess!
and the fuckin clock!
sirens outside my window
i close the windows so not to smell the garbage and hear the damned rats scurrying around and fighting w/the street cats for scraps of food
sounds of the homeless rumbling thru the trash to find cans and bottles to redeem a few cents so they can get something to eat or maybe more like…somethin to drink
overwhelmed by a sense of helplessness
radios playing from my neighbors windows
babies crying
people cursin
fights outside
drunks layin in their piss from their “friday-night” outings, sleepin on the concrete floors of this jungle made of
brick and stone and tar and pure bullshit
my music plays….some relief felt…tears fall..a cup of coffee, my 10th cigarette, maybe more like my 13th….who knows…who cares….whose counting…besides that damned clock, tick,fucking tock….subconciously settin up my canvas, paints, brushes, I put the music up a little higher as if it will block out reality
feelin sooooooooo damned tired…..almost lethargic, yet unable to relax as though i have been drugged w/some type of amphetamine….where do i live? whats my address? do I have one? now what? fucking america…land of the “free” hahahahahaha….what a joke! perhaps the land of the rich w/the freedom to control everyone elses lives….
ahhhh…fuck…..let me paint…….so here i go…..
Helene Ruiz 8/2009
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navybrat
excellent!
helene ruiz replied
thnx navy
dmcart
Time always manages to slip through…damn!
...and a trapped heart….painful….
Great work, Helene…
helene ruiz replied
thnx dm
Debbie Sanders...
very well done
helene ruiz replied
thnx debbie, hope u had a wonderful mothers day…xxooxx
Rusty Woodward...
Love those clocks slipping through narrow spaces and crushing time! Brilliant!
helene ruiz replied
thnx rusty
Linda Ridpath
good evening Mrs Dali!!!! splendid stuff here!! x
helene ruiz replied
not a mrs dali…lol….never!! LOLOL…..thx linda
MyheART
There are your clocks…which you do so well…reminds me of dali….this is an excellent piece:)
catherine walker
fabulous helene.
helene ruiz replied
thank u catherine~
Bernd Jansons
Fabulously surreal, Helene.
helene ruiz replied
thank u so much bernd
Wendy Slee
Time seems to be slipping away from you, at least in your mind according to this work…......
and the heart stuck there, that seems so painful….. maybe you need to open that window and let it fly free…... it would certainly erase the fear of losing time!
Amazing work as always!
helene ruiz replied
thank u wendy!
madvlad
one more master piece of collective talents art and memory—love you to my core of art helene and thanks for you words toooo luv yah battle=heroic girl,
helene ruiz replied
thnx mad
Solomon Walker
always startling a incredibly creative works of art, this is a fantastic painting!
helene ruiz replied
awe…thnx so much
nkbellani
Dali would be flattered Helene…well painted…
helene ruiz replied
thx
Dani Dreyer
Very well painted, love all the detail and those amazing clouds.
helene ruiz replied
thnx!
Gregory John O...
I like it. Nice work !!
helene ruiz replied
thnx gregory
bites
Excellent work, as always : )
helene ruiz replied
thnx bites
Scott d'Almeida
stunning,
helene ruiz replied
thank u
capecodart
this is fantastic..well done
helene ruiz replied
thnx so much!
Carol Berliner
Woooooooow amaaaaazing work!! I loooooove this! Instant fav!
helene ruiz replied
thank u carol!
linaji
Gorgeous feeling here Helen.. like this is the way it is.. slipping through the bathroom window.. tempted by a silver spoon….(damn time!!)
RosaCobos
Chained windows of Time,
chained heart… trapped in the pure essence of awaiting.
Volatile light…..
heavy thoughts about a transparent prison.
Rosa (good!!!!! they dance… thanks a lot helene for your presence in my Sun’sTearsWindow….I can feel you and it is warm…)
KNGodin
Time does as it will….fantastic, Helene!
helene ruiz replied
thnx for viewing and takin the time to comment, truly appreciated
Trinx
Hahaha – I had no philosophical thoughts when I saw this, as I can only imagine one of these mischievous clocks getting jammed in my window. I don’t know why I find this funny but I’m still giggling, it has a totally different feel to Dali’s painting.
Lovely image!
helene ruiz replied
did dali do a painting similar to this one? hmmmm….never saw that one….what is the title…would like to see it….
thnx for commenting
Trinx
The Dali painting is called “The Persistence of Memory”.
helene ruiz replied
thnx will go look for it, appreciate u gettin back to me!
helene ruiz replied
ok….saw that one b4, didnt recall the title, yes the clock/time elements are in a lot of his works, as in mine…..not sure what his obsession was with time, but i do know what mine is lol….thnx so much!
joshuapie
wow im just speachless right now your talent is ample
amazing work wekk done
helene ruiz replied
awe, ur too kind….thaank u so much!
joshuapie
i really really love this so much !!!
how big are your prints?
are u in australia?
helene ruiz replied
no im in nyc…RB can make different sized prints i believe
madvlad
traped in a time warp ruizee, me too, and its running out-but for today- we are here
Sally Omar
Beautiful..and quite profound!!!!!!! xoxoxoox
ToastedGhost
Dali would dig it!
danita clark
Fantastic !! thought provoking
helene ruiz replied
thank u danita~
annamora
I really like all your paintings Helene …. I will be back for more ….
... this one I like because it is so airy …. and air and time kind of go together somehow in an image …... the intuition you use while composing your paintings is just most beautiful and it shows strongly ….. I get encouraged by your work … I see your journey and how you keep going …...
helene ruiz replied
awe..thank u so much…truly appreciate ur comments
madvlad
this seems to be my life of late helene-time out the window-going no where-lord i miss my wife-our conversations-rides-and simple huggings at night life is rolling coater-of meetings and departings—
Druidstorm
“Time is but a taker of memories!” Helene this is truly breath-taking my friend! In the end when the second ends our energy ascends! Bravo!!!...)o(
helene ruiz replied
thnx druid
Vanessa Anderberg
Wonderful work:)
helene ruiz replied
thnx so much!
OliveOil
Amazing work Helene!! I love this!
Ming Myaskovsky
There are so many compliments here, but I am not surprised!
I love the symbolic, you captured its essence of time rather than the subject, Superb! :)
helene ruiz replied
awe..thank u ming!
jakeperslow
its time you stopped worrying about time! LOL. nice work helene…...jake
helene ruiz
tick…tock…..
lol…have a whole series goin on regarding “time”
marieangel
lovely piece to answer how your art describes our stories please take a peak at my writing time line ..hope it answers some of your questions..
And to you from me…
You are using time wisely upon the earthplane you work every second of your brushes a message you talk…a lesson on your pallettes worth their weigt in gold…hope many of your peces on RED BUBBLE WILL BE SOLD smile angelxxx
marieangel
pieces….weight ..palette..sorry i was in a rush to get the reply done smile again lolx
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